Senior Regional Facilities Manager

Deverell Smith Recruitment Ltd; West End; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Deverell Smith Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Regional Facilities Manager to lead FM delivery across the UK residential portfolio. You will ensure buildings are safe, compliant and well maintained while driving cost efficiency across reactive and planned maintenance, capital investment and statutory compliance.

You will lead a team of FM professionals, oversee budgets, and drive energy efficiency. Regular travel across major UK cities is expected.

Qualifications

• Senior FM leadership across multi-site residential portfolio.
• Experience in Fire, Life & Safety management.
• Proven budget ownership and contractor management.
• Ability to present to executive level stakeholders.

Responsabilités

• Lead and develop a team of Regional Facilities Managers and Facilities Managers.
• Implement FM and statutory compliance strategy including Building Safety Act requirements.
• Oversee safety, budget, and performance reviews; monitor critical plant and inspections.
• Manage multi-million-pound budgets with Finance and drive year-on-year savings.
• Handle contractor procurement, tendering, and mobilisations across portfolio.
• Contribute technical input from design review to handover with a PPM framework (SFG20).
• Drive energy efficiency and maintain accurate asset registers and O&M documents.
• Report portfolio performance and investment priorities to senior leadership.

Connaissances

Senior FM leadership

Fire & Life Safety

Budget ownership

Contractor management

Executive-level presentation

Willing to travel

Formation

Engineering degree

Chartered IWFM/RICS/CIBSE

Description du poste

Our client is a global real estate investment and operating company with an established, and growing portfolio. Its UK residential business is expanding, with a strong focus on operational excellence and regulatory leadership.

The Senior Regional Facilities Manager will lead facilities management delivery across the UK residential portfolio. You'll make sure buildings are safe, compliant and well maintained, while driving commercial discipline across reactive and planned maintenance, capital investment and statutory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Regional Facilities Managers and Facilities Managers, setting clear performance standards.
• Implement the portfolio-wide FM and statutory compliance strategy, including Building Safety Act requirements, high-rise working standards and contractor competency.
• Own monthly safety, budget and performance reviews. Oversee critical plant through BMS monitoring, audits and inspections.
• Build and control multi-million-pound engineering and service charge budgets with Finance, delivering year-on-year savings.
• Manage contractor procurement and tendering through to mobilisation, including portfolio-wide framework contracts.
• Provide technical input on a five-year development pipeline, from design review to a fully commissioned, defect-free handover with a PPM framework aligned to SFG20.
• Drive energy efficiency programmes. Keep asset registers and O&M documentation accurate.
• Report on portfolio performance, risk and investment priorities to senior leadership and the Executive Committee.

Essential

• Extensive senior FM leadership across a large, multi-site residential portfolio, including Fire, Life & Safety, with accredited industry qualifications.
• A track record of leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, including other managers.
• Strong knowledge of built environment legislation, particularly the Building Safety Act.
• Proven budget ownership, contractor management and project delivery.
• Strong commercial acumen and confidence presenting at executive level.
• Willing to travel regularly across London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

Desirable

• Engineering degree (BSc or equivalent).
• Building Safety Act or high-rise accredited training.
• Chartered membership of IWFM, RICS or CIBSE.
• National or framework contractor procurement experience.